Churn.



J. M. SIMMONS.

GHURN.

APPLIGATION FILED sE1 T19. 1912.

Patented 11111121.1911

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JAMES M. SIMMONS, OF FOLLANSBEE, WEST VIRGINIA.

CHURN.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed September 19, 1912.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914. Serial No. 721,242.

To all cli/0m t may concern Be it known that l, JAMES M. SIMMONS, acitizen of the' United States, residing at Follansbee, in the county ofBrooke, State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Churns; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to churns and more particularly to that classknown as vibrating churns.

An object of this invention is to provide a churn comprising a bodymember, a support for said body member, a vibrating churn dasher andmeans mounted in the support for vibrating the dasher.

nother object is to so provide a. churn of this character, the supportof which serves to support the churn and the operating mechanismconnected with the dasher mounted in the churn body and in the upperhorizontal hinged portion of the support.

Another object is to generally improve and simplify the construction andoperation of churns of this type and increase the eiiiciency thereof.

With these and other objects in View, this invention resides in thenovel features of construction, formations, arrangements of parts to behereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a front elevational View ofthe complete device. Fig. 2 is top plan view thereof. Fig. 8 is ahorizontal section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 1 is a verticalsectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a side elevation ofa portion of the device with the hinged upper member in open position.Fig. 6 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view on line 6-6 of Fig. 1.

Referring more specically to the drawing in which similar characters ofreference designate corresponding parts throughout, 10 indicates thebase having the seat l1 formed therein for the-lower portion of thechurn body 12. The base 10 is preferably square and has parallelstandards 13 proj ecting upwardly from the rear corners thereof andconnected at their upper ends by the cross member 14 to which the armsof combinations and v the Tishaped top member 15 are hinged, along oneedge, as shown at 16, the main portion of the member projectingforwardly when the top is in closed position and provided withv bearingopenings for the upper end of the churn shaft and the operating shaft,as will be later vmore fully stated.

The operating shaft 17 has its lower end journaled in the base 10 alongthe front edge thereof and lmidway the length of said frame, while itsupper end is reduced and journaled in the forward end of the forwardlydirected portion of the T-shaped top member l5, when said member is inits closed position. The operating arms 18 project at right angles fromthe sides of the operating shaft 17 and by swinging said arms inopposite directions, the shaft 17 will be properly rotated to vibratethe dasher shaft 19, as will be presently clearly apparent. Theoperating rope 20 has its opposite end secured to the outer end of theoperating arm 18 and is wrapped around the shaft 19, as clearly shown onthe drawing. One end of the rope is securely fastened to one arm 18while the opposite end passes beneath the securing staple 21, upon oneextended end of which is secured the set screw for tightening the staplein the opposite arm 18 and thus securely holding this end of the rope.By means of this fastening, the rope may be readily adjusted, for properoperation of the device. j Projecting radially from the shaft 19, at itslower end are the dasher arms 23 carrying the dasher blades 24 upontheir outer ends. l The shaft 19 extends centrally through ythe churnbody cover 25 as will be clearly seen by referring to the drawing.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that I have provided a churn andoperating mechanism which will be of extremely sim ple construction andoperation and highly efficient and effectivein use.

The T-shaped top 15 may tened in closed position hook4 26 secured to oneof the arms of said member and adapted for engagement in the staple 27carried by the base, as will be clearly apparent.

he frame work is supported and braced by diagonally extending bracingstrips 28 having their lower ends secured to the forward Ycorners ofthebase 10 while their upper ends are secured near the upper ends besecurely fasby means of the oi the standards 13, it being understoodthat the bracing strips Q8 are positioned upon opposite sides of theframe work.

It will be evident that minor changes in the details of construction maybe made Within the scope of the appended claim Wit-hout departing fromthe spirit of the invention.

What I claim is:

In a churning machine, a bed plate, a churn body seated thereon, a pairof standards rising Jfrom the rear corners of said bed, a churn dasherin said body, an upright shaft removably journaled in said bed, aT-shaped top member having its ar`ms hinged to said standards and havingopenings removably receiving and journaling said dasher rod and saidpivot shaft, a hori- Zontally disposed lever iXed centrally to saidshaft, a horizontally disposed rope Wrapped about said dasher rod andhaving the terminals secured to the ends of said leverJ a hooked rodpivoted on said top member, and a keeper on said bed engaging saidhooked rod and holding said top member in operative position,disengagement of said rod from said keeper permitting of said top memberbeing rocked up to facilitate removal of said shaft and said dasher andsaid body from said base.

In testimony whereof, I aiiix my signature, in presence of twoWitnesses.

JAMES M. SIMMONS. Witnesses FRANK L. JOHNSTON, CHARLES L. HERBERT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington. D. C.

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